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Legislation introduced to allow HSAs for ministry members

Ref: https://www.cruz.senate.gov/?p=press_release&id=4838 Sen Cruz and Sen Braun have introduced legislation to make a radical change to the HSA (Health Savings Accounts) to open them up to more than just high […]

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Open Enrollment Nov 1 – Dec 15, 2019

Open Enrollment is going on now, with the period running from November 1 to Dec 15, 2019. While this is the only time to join or make changes to your […]

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Medicare for All thoughts

The Samaritan newsletter this month has some great articles I would encourage you to read. The issue of Medicare for All is very frightening to me. Samaritan addresses the problems […]

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Open Enrollment begins today (Nov 1 through Dec 15)

Ok everyone, get your track shoes on, open enrollment for health insurance starts today, November 1, and runs through December 15. As this is one of the most nauseating days […]

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Insurance Still Increasing by Double Digits for Many

News articles are reporting that some states are already seeing requests by insurance companies to raise premiums for next year by double digits again. Maryland is the first state to […]

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Open Enrollment Ends-You can Still Join Samaritan

Open enrollment was only 6 weeks this year, from Nov 1-Dec 15, 2017. That’s half the time allotted in previous years. If you still need “coverage” and aren’t sure what […]

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My Annual Insurance Comparison Project

It’s that time of year again. ACA Open Enrollment is from Nov 1-Dec 15, 2017 (only 6 weeks) and that means it’s time for me to compare our Samaritan membership […]

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ACA Open Enrollment ends early this year! Nov 1-Dec 15, 2017

HEADS-UP, ACA OPEN ENROLLMENT IS MUCH SHORTER THIS YEAR! Previously the open enrollment period for changing or choosing insurance plans was about 3 months long. This upcoming season however is […]

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Samaritan offers savings and stability during ACA uncertainty

I have been watching the ACA turmoil in Washington with fascination. Congress is having trouble figuring out what to do about the ACA. Repeal, replace, do nothing? Vote after vote […]

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HSA’s are closer to reality for 1 million ministry members

A bipartisan bill has been introduced to allow health care sharing members to use HSA’s for medical expenses. There has been a bill in congress for a couple of years […]

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Samaritan is our Rock

With a new administration in Washington and the fate of Obamacare changing daily, I’m so happy to know we have Samaritan as our steady foundation for our family’s health care […]

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More than 1 Million will be Hunting for New Insurance for 2017

According to an article by Bloomberg, more than 1 million people with Obamacare insurance plans will need to shop for something else in the next few weeks as their current […]

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Blue Cross of Nebraska pulling out of the ACA Exchange

This is big news for my state, Blue Cross Blue Shield is pulling out of the Nebraska ACA exchanges for 2017. I’m pretty sure they are the #1 insurer in […]

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College Students and Health Care Sharing

Our children won’t be heading to college for a few more years, and to be honest I haven’t given a lot of thought to what that picture looks like for our […]

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Even Bigger Insurance Sticker Shock Coming for 2017

Insurance companies are rolling out their rate increase requests for 2017, and they are becoming available on ratereview.healthcare.gov starting today. Nebraska’s are already available and it is massive sticker shock […]

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This website is a member review of Samaritan Ministries, a Christian Healthcare Sharing organization. I do not work for Samaritan, nor do I speak for them, I am just a very satisfied member. If you find this website helpful and decide to join I would appreciate if you would mention my name, Heather Peters (in Nebraska) or mention the website samaritan ministries review, as your referral. When that happens we then donate every month to special prayer needs and hope that you will consider donating something, too. Thank you for taking the time to read this site, it is a labor of love! :)

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Members of recognized health care sharing ministries in existence since Dec 31, 1999 (this is) are exempt from the individual mandate of the Affordable Care Act, so there is no fine or penalty if you are a member of Samaritan Ministries.

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